News:
February 9, 2021
Member of the Health Committee in the Seventh Parliament, Dr. Mark Kurt Nawaane has said Government mismanaged the first lockdown to the extent of asking Ghanaians their political party allegiance before giving them food that was being distributed during the period.
“Where are you coming from, all these questions and the way the lockdown was carried out was so bad that, when you mention lockdown people start looking down on their shoulders to see what is going to happen”.
According to him that does not mean lockdown should never be recommended, and that if the situation get bad, as a country we do not have any option than to lockdown; that is the worst scenario.
He made this revelation at a press conference on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 when Ghanamps.com wanted to know if the Minority would back a second lockdown with the COVID-19 figures going up.
He also suggested the need for government to put in place proper parameters if lockdown becomes very necessary.
On the closing down of kindergarten schools, he supported the idea saying it is good for them to go home, since there are cases of pupils contracting the novel coronavirus in Kumasi.
And further noted that as a country we went into hibernation when the cases were dropping and the President Nana Akufo-Addo has said infection takes place when, people are in enclosed area, “have we taken steps to have classes out of enclosed area? It is just getting a shed, but we have not done anything like that”.
“We have slept all these months and all the money government got during this pandemic they wanted to use it in opening a bank, we cannot say there is not money, government wanted to use part of the COVID-19 money to open a bank”.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com